Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:40 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Gary Robinson <grobinson@goombah.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome display configuration problem Message-ID: <20061122204940.GA91508@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20061122140043.601684.8f5b0c7a@goombah.com> References: <20061122140043.601684.8f5b0c7a@goombah.com>
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 02:00:43PM -0500, Gary Robinson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday I installed freebsd 6.1 on an old Dell PowerEdge 1300. It's
> working fine with one exception. I installed gnome from freebsd ports,
> and it's giving me a 640x480, 80 Hz screen resolution. The Screen
> Resolution Preferences panel gives that combination as the only option.
> But my monitor has better capabilities.
>
> I have edited my xorg.conf.new so that it contains info describing my
> display, a Nanoa T2-17TS:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> DisplaySize 1250 938 # mm
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Nanoa"
> ModelName "T2-17TS"
> Option "DPMS"
> HorizSync 30-86
> VertRefresh 55-160
> EndSection
>
> Other relevant information was automatically filled in be "Xorg -config
> xorg.conf.new":
>
> Section "Device"
> ### Available Driver options are:-
> ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
> ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
> ### [arg]: arg optional
> #Option "accel" # [<bool>]
> #Option "crt_display" # [<bool>]
> #Option "composite_sync" # [<bool>]
> #Option "hw_cursor" # [<bool>]
> #Option "linear" # [<bool>]
> #Option "tv_out" # [<bool>]
> #Option "tv_standard" # <str>
> #Option "mmio_cache" # [<bool>]
> #Option "test_mmio_cache" # [<bool>]
> #Option "panel_display" # [<bool>]
> #Option "probe_clocks" # [<bool>]
> #Option "reference_clock" # <freq>
> #Option "shadow_fb" # [<bool>]
> #Option "sw_cursor" # [<bool>]
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "ati"
> VendorName "ATI"
> BoardName "3D Rage IIC AGP"
> ChipSet "ati"
> ChipId 0x4757
> ChipRev 0x7a
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 1
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 4
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 8
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 15
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts about what I can do so that Gnome gives
> me more options?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
Try replacing your screen section with something like this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection
Swap the Modes order to find something comfortable. 1280x1024 might be a bit
uncomfortable (small text). Or you might be able to toggle through the
modes in Gnome.
--
Frank
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